The perfect balance between something simple yet still having depth that keeps you coming back without growing tired. 
You can be hardcore or you can be a casual gamer and enjoy this game easy. This is living proof that 2D games are far from dead.

This game is fucking great!

This game embodies every bit of the "OK one more time" addiction, with some completionist flavor added to it. I can't stop playing it no matter how frustrated I get. Certainly worth every penny to the point that I feel like the price sold it short.

" You will never finish every level this game has to offer." Challenge accepted, Brad. 

I got this game after reading this review and I really like it (even though sometimes I also hate it).

" Don't see how you can hate a game sometimes and give it a 5/5.  "

Don't see how you can hate a game sometimes and give it a 5/5. 

I really really really really really wish this would come to psn. It's the kind of game that I love, even if I'm absolutely terrible at it.

Meat boy is a pure platform game with lots of charm. While the start is good to get used to the controls it quickly ramps up to something that can challenge you for days. I loved the challenge to get A+ on all the levels and i loved the experience. I would recommend this to my friends and you. Get out there and try then buy this wonderful game.

Picked it up after watching the Quick Look. Absolutely love the controls and music, totally worth $15 and an absolute STEAL at $10. If you played games on an 8 or 16-bit console at any point in your life and enjoyed it (or simply relish a brutal yet rewarding challenge) you need this game. 
 
Some levels will destroy you with their difficulty but when you finally nail it down and pull off a successful run, watching all of the previous Meat Boy clones splattering to their doom, you will feel like a GOD DAMN NINJA!

The Super Meat Boy twitter account is handing out free codes daily. http://twitter.com/SuperMeatBoy 
 
This site is also handing out a couple freebies tomorrow. http://www.rotorob.com/2010/10/20/win-a-free-copy-of-super-meat-boy/ 

This game is killing my thumbs!

Got this yesterday. EXCELLENT FUN!
 
The difficulty level is high but not unfair. As it always should be, more developers should take notice.

Good review.  My masochistic side smiles as I curse the slippery meat boys failed attempts, while my inner child slowly dies of frustration and heartbreak.

" Woah, I didn't know about this game, but now kinda want it. Although I don't think I'd get it unless there was nothing else to buy, because Trials HD raged the hell outta me and I shaved about 2 years off my life trying to even pass the 2nd level on Mario Bros, so maybe a rage-enducing game isn't the best choice for me.  Is there a calmness game where your objective is to float in a level made of marshmellows and pillows? "

I love this game! Occasionally I have to laugh at the absurdly hard level design.  I feel so awesome when everything comes together with ninja moves ending another enduring level.  I'm looking forward to busting through more levels later.

So many games! So little time ! (or money)

I started a goal to A+ and get every bandage on stage one and after an hour and a half I was afraid I was slowly starting to lose my mind.

i have bought this game
i may hate myself for it later
but damnit i'm enjoying every second of it

After watching the quicklook and trying the demo I've decided to fork out for the game. As mentioned on the bombcast this really seems like the kind of game that builds CHARACTER. The old type of character, the one that you could send to war or safely let inherit your mansion or marry your daughter.

Another day1 perch.  Damn you end of the year video game releases!!!

" I can't wait to get home in a few hours to pick this up. I was trying to stay up last night to download it, but I gave up at 2:30am since I had to wake up at 8:30am. "

Glad to see N+ mentioned in the review since the 2 games are very similar in many ways.  First thing after getting home from classes today was to buy Super Meat Boy.  I cleared the first world with all A+ and have begun to work on finding bandages/warps I have missed and then on to the dark world.  The game's addictiveness works a lot like a James Patterson novel - short levels/chapters the whole way through string you along.  The unlockable characters are also a really nice touch for mixing up the gameplay.  Very fun game and highly recommended.

Had no idea what this game was.
Now I do.
Now I want it.

I can't wait to get home in a few hours to pick this up. I was trying to stay up last night to download it, but I gave up at 2:30am since I had to wake up at 8:30am.

Yeah, this game looks awesome. The flash version is fun too and the music is candy to my ears.

Just picked it up, it's kicking my ass but I'm loving it.

I'm really debating whether or not to buy this...the Quick Look was both incredibly encouraging and INCREDIBLY discouraging.

" Woah, I didn't know about this game, but now kinda want it. Although I don't think I'd get it unless there was nothing else to buy, because Trials HD raged the hell outta me and I shaved about 2 years off my life trying to even pass the 2nd level on Mario Bros, so maybe a rage-enducing game isn't the best choice for me.  Is there a calmness game where your objective is to float in a level made of marshmellows and pillows? "

This game is fucking awesome! I just got 100% in the first world including finishing the secret level that you tried to beat in the Quick Look. I was not prepared for the craziness that awaited me at the end of that level but I managed to beat it after countless tries.

Bandages are total cunts. 

Nice review, loving this game!

This or Kirby's Epic Yarn...what should I do?!?

Great review Brad! Nicely written :)

The great question still is... Costume Quest or this?

awesome

 
Looks like my life is about get sucked from me by another Divinely infuriating game!

DId anyone figure out what happened to Brad around 4 mins through the quick look...it was like the screen was printing everything backwards and negative...or something
 
this game is bonkers

Turns out it will come out for Wiiware as well, SOLD.

I just bought this game and cant wait to rip my own hair out.

I'm not paying for this electronic torturing device

fuck you Brad.
 
I bought this game on your recommendation and it is brutal! But enjoying it nonetheless

After playing and completing the DEMO I mean what I say that it was awesome and HARD. In the demo you play 14 levels through different stages including 2 dark worlds. By the time I beaten the DEMO I died around 220 times. You know when a game is hard when it tracks your deaths. 
 
EDIT:  
 
After playing the Demo again the way to get the Dark world, As Brad pointed out in the Quick Look, is if you beat the level in a specific time frame.  I wish I had the money to get this.

Can't wait to see the speed runs of the harder levels

I haven't been this exited for a game in a long long time! This is gonna be fun, challenging and rewarding!:D

As someone who likes pain, this is relevant to my interests.